Audi is still looking into offering carbon-ceramic brakes on U.S.-market cars, and the prospects look good. Currently, the extra-cost discs are available elsewhere on the R8, as well as on the not-for-our-shores RS6. We’re told to expect the grabbier brakes as soon as the 2011 model year, and our guess is that the R8 will be the first model to benefit. The RS5, which we’ve just sampled, gets optional carbon-ceramics, but only up front. The car has been confirmed for U.S. sale, and should arrive here by the end of 2012—with or without the brakes as an option.
We’ve also learned that the TT RS should eventually arrive here, equipped with the six-speed manual, hopefully before the RS5 lands.
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